Half as beautiful

Brrp! Brrp!

The sounds of horns echoed through the walls. In a moment all of them rushed to the entrance and there he was standing elegantly under the golden rays of the evening sun.

Mo Zhou hadn't noticed the girls at the door so he leaned casually on his limited edition black maybech, and idled himself with staring at his shoes

"Bro Zhou!" an ear soothing voice echoed in his ears, he looked towards the entrance and saw the girls standing and a bright smile appeared on his face, making him more handsome under the gentle sun rays.

There were two girls standing, but in actual fact only one had his attention, his whole gaze were on Yu zhi ruo that he hadn't even noticed Yu xiao yan.

Yu xiao yan furrowed her brows when she noticed this. They didn't display any adverse action but the air surrounding the two of them held a suffocating amount of romance,

she shook her head disapprovingly 'there is no way bro Zhou would be romantic to Yu zhi ruo, they are just colleagues and nothing more' she thought, desperately trying to convince herself and it worked, she successful convinced herself that she was only being delusional it seemed even more so cause Yu zhi ruo whispered something to Mo Zhou causing him to turn and look at her.

A small smile from him was enough to make Yu xiao yan strongly believe that she was. really overthinking him and Yu zhi ruo, she was even more overjoyed that he walked up to her.

he nodded courteously with a smile, one could easily tell it was being forced once you saw the awkward arcs at the edge of his lips.

"bro Zhou" she called out in admiration.

"I have to go, the ceremony would soon begin" he turned and left, the only reason he had come to speak to her was because Yu zhi ruo had asked him too, if she hadn't he would have left without so much as noticing there was someone else there.

Yu xiao yan watched her fiance drive out of the Yu residence. she was brimming with a gorgeous smile on her faces, the freckles on her face coupled with the smile made her look very gorgeous even more gorgeous than the Yu zhi ruo that had herself all dolled up.

People had always commented Yu zhi ruo for her beauty, but even she knew that she was not half as beautiful as Yu xiao yan, this was one of the reasons she had talked Yu xiao yan out of wanting to join the entertainment industry, and had also convinced her to drawing freckles all over her face using the excuse 'Bro Zhou loves girls with freckles', but still did it make her less beautiful, no it did not and that made Yu zhi ruo more jealous.

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It has been days after the award ceremony but Yu xiao yan had being worked like a wood pecker on a mahogany tree, every guest that walked into the Yu residence was being attended to by her.

Yu zhi ruo had not won any award, in fact her acting was rated amongst the worst, yet there were still people who came to congratulate them for her getting nominated just so they could suck up to the Yu family.

Yu xiao yan had attended to all the chores, cleaning, cooking, gardening and even attending to Yu zhi ruo's need, maybe it was a planned work or maybe because they were already used to her doing all the chores in the house, but every other maids were living a happy life while Yu xiao yan labored and toiled like a slave.

seizing the opportunity that the Yu family members were preoccupied by their guest, she snuck out of the house to visit her dearest fiance__ Mo Zhou, because of how busy she had been, she had not even had the chance to congratulate him for the award he won.

Yu xiao yan wanted nothing but to see him and hear him share his joy with her like he used to do years ago.

She hailed a taxi and headed towards Graceful clouds entertainment company, happily she made her way to his office.

A step in front of his door and her heart suddenly fell into her stomach, the door was slightly open so she could see the two people leaning against the table and hugging so affectionately.

"Bro Zhou you love to tease me" the girl purred happily in the guy's arms, the girl was no other than Yu zhi ruo.

"I'm not teasing you, you really are beautiful" Mo Zhou said into her ear making her giggle.

Yu zhi ruo's smiling face then out of the blue crumbled into a pout "what is the point of being beautiful when you are going to marry my sister in years to come"

"My love don't talk like that, you know that you are the one I love, I wish I could cancel the engagement and I promise I would do all I can so that we can be together" Mo Zhou promised the damsel in his arms, looking at the determination on his brows Yu xiao yan felt crushed while Yu zhi ruo felt super elated, still she asked.

"what if you fall in love with my sister later on?"

A scoff escaped his lips "impossible, her live for me would always be Unrequited" Yu xiao yan could not listen anymore, she pushed the door and walked in, with shock and heartbreak written all over her face.

When the two people saw her, they were surprised, Yu zhi ruo immediately pushed herself away from Mo Zhou.

"sister you're here?" she hid the guilt in her eyes and asked with an awkward smile.

"if I knew you would be coming I wouldn't have occupied bro Zhou with my... my script practice... he was just practicing my script with me" She hurriedly explained, she even picked up a random script on the table and coincidentally it's title corresponded with Mo Zhou last word__ 'Unrequited love'

The shock in Yu xiao yan melted a little when she saw the script,

'perhaps they really were practicing the script' she thought.

"really?"

"yes silly what else would we have been doing?" Yu zhi ruo chuckled sweetly and pulled Yu xiao yan towards Mo Zhou. " isn't that right Bro Zhou?"

"yes that true" Mo Zhou didn't want too but when he saw Yu zhi ruo's pleading eyes he went along with her.

Yu xiao yan sighed in relief, totally believe them now, as far as Mo Zhou had agreed to it, she definitely would believe it. She believed him so hurriedly and didn't even retain an iota of doubt in her heart.

If only she was to know at this moment that two years after now, she would need him to believe her yet he would vehemently lash out at her and support her sister instead, would she readily believe him like she did this evening?

I bet she would not have, not as this moment and not in a thousand years.